Snmp Printer Serial Number
I think SNMP is the correct approach. Most printers implement the and the so any property you can get from there is going to be model independent. For instance, if you look for the serial number your property is probably prtGeneralSerialNumber 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.5.1.1.17 For other properties you are going to need to search in the specific MIBs, for instance in the you have a lot of stuff like printed-media-usage, printed-media-simplex-count, printed-media-duplex-count, usage-average-toner-coverage, scanned-media-usage, total-color-page-count.
This net-snmp tool will allow you to be able to send simple queries to your SNMP devices and receive the values. Install Mac Os X On Hp Probook 4540s Ram. 1.3.6.1.2.1. Hp Compaq Nc8430 Drivers Download. 43.5.1.1.17.1 HP Printer Serial. Universal printer check. Check for specific consumables or report on all. Query model/serial #, event messages, tray status and much more! Originally based on Monitoring Solutions' check_snmp_printer, this provides friendly output, quick execution and thorough pre-flight checking.
To use SNMP the most extended library is but it uses a C API and I don't recommend it if you need to use it in heavy multithreaded applications or using SNMPv3. There are other libraries like that look very promising, but most of the reliable libraries out there commercial and not very cheap. All the above is quite easy to implement if the printer is network connected, now if the printer is USB or PPI connected you need to get your hands into the HP SNMP Proxy Agent, you can find a great post. Epson Epl N1600 Driver Windows 7. It says that basically it is a little Windows software that piggy-backs on the standard Windows SNMP service and provides SNMP data on the default HP printer connected to a computer via USB or parallel cable. I don't know if it works with any other brands but it looks like it uses the standard protocol DOT4 over USB to emulate typical TCP/IP communications. If there is any standard method to connect to all those printers this one is the most promising.